prorogue

PRONUNCIATION:

(pro-ROHG)

MEANING:

verb tr.:
1. To discontinue a session of something, for example, a parliament.
2. To defer or to postpone.

ETYMOLOGY:

From French proroger (to adjourn), from Latin prorogare (to prolong or defer),
from pro- (before) + rogare (to ask). Ultimately from the Indo-European root reg-
(to move in a straight line, to lead or rule) that is also the source of
regime, direct, rectangle, erect, rectum, alert, source, and surge.

USAGE:

"Foreign Minister, Mangala Samaraweera told The Sunday Times,
'I did not go to Parliament since it was prorogued on May 6.'"
Manmohan to Meet Pillayan; The Sunday Times (Colombo, Sri Lanka);
Jul 27, 2008.